On saturday Denmark will host its national final called Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. A Danish expert jury, an international jury consisting of former participants and the Danish TV viewers will together pick the song that will be representing Denmark at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. A Danish expert jury consisting of DJ and producer Kenneth… Read more
The nine songs that will compete in the Danish national final on Saturday are now available online in 30 seconds clips – and during the day and tomorrow they will get airplay in its full length. On Wednesday the CD will hit the stores. Due to the CD’s already being printed it was not possible… Read more
Saturday we saw the first two songs for the Icelandic final being picked. This coming Saturday another 5 songs will compete for two spots in the final where they will join among others, 2004 Eurovision Song Contest representative, Jónsi. Over three preliminary heats 15 songs will be introduced to the Icelandic population. A total of… Read more
Yesterday Aalborg started the celebrations of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix being back in the North Jutlandic city – and they did so with style as no other than three times winner Kirsten & Søren went on stage – after a gigantic choir of 1100 people had opened the ball. At 11:00 AM the… Read more
In relation to the beginning of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix celebration in Aalborg three times Eurovision representatives, Kirsten & Søren (Hoteyes) performed in Aalborg Kongres & Kultur Center. Here you can see pictures from the concert where they were accompanied on stage by Danband Allstars, including national finalist Claus Hassing, who joined in with… Read more
Tonight Iceland kicked off its national selection for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. 15 songs will compete for 6 spots in the final – and in first round the 2004 Icelandic representative Jónsi made it to the final in a duet with Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir. Monday the first five songs were published by the national… Read more
Tomorrow, Saturday, Aalborg kicks off for two weeks of Grand Prix fun. The next two weeks various events all around the city will celebrate the Melodi Grand Prix. On the 21st the city will host the Danish final – and one week later the junior final. The past few years, the Danish broadcaster, DR, has… Read more
There is a lot of superstition related to number 13. But does it bring bad luck at the Eurovision Song Contest? Let’s use Friday the 13th to take a closer look at how this number have been performing in recent years – and just how many do you think will have won from this position?… Read more
With the first heat of this year’s Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins mere days away, tension is building in Reykjavík as to who will be the first to manage to make the final. Among the first 5 acts, there are some well known names but also complete outsiders. To help bring you up to date, EuroVisionary gives you some… Read more
In the Netherlands they are approaching the final of the country’s second edition of The Voice Of Holland. 2004 national finalist, Charly Luske, is tipped as top favourite to win it all. The final will be held on the 20th of January. The second season of The Voice Of Holland started in September where we… Read more
After a second investigation Danish broadcaster, DR, has decided to disqualify the song Nowhere due to breaking the rules about when it was allowed to be published. Thursday 10 songs were presented on a press conference in Copenhagen. They should all be participating in the 2012 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix to be held on the… Read more
On Saturday Iceland will kick of its national selection. 5 songs will compete for two spots in the big final that will be held on February the 11th. This morning the broadcaster put the first five songs online in order for them to get some popularity before the show. The five songs competing in the… Read more
Thursday it was presented as being one of the 10 songs competing in the Danish final in just two weeks. The same afternoon it looked like it would be disqualified, but Friday the Danish broadcaster cleared it – now however they have opened the investigation again. The song Nowhere certainly gets plenty of attention these… Read more
DR, Danish broadcaster, has decided not to disqualify the song Nowhere after accusations of it clearly breaking the rules. According to DR there is nothing indicating that EBU’s rules have been broken as it has not been commercially released. Now it is a matter of how the word commercially is to be understood. The… Read more
The few details that has sneaked out regarding the death of Anders Frandsen, who represented Denmark at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, are just creating more speculations about what actually happened when he on the 1st of January was found dead, only 51 years old. Was he sick? Was it an accident? Did he kill… Read more
Hours after the 10 songs for the 2012 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix were presented it appears like one of them is out on the internet – and has possibly been available since July – if that is the case it will be disqualified as that goes against EBU’s rules. DR has not yet commented on… Read more
Today Dutch broadcaster, TROS, announced the 6 participants that will be competing for the honour of representing the Netherlands at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. As the Netherlands have failed qualifying for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest the past 7 years pressure is high on whoever wins this year’s Dutch final that will… Read more
At a press conference today Danish broadcaster, DR, presented the 10 acts that will be fighting to win the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and later represent Denmark at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The list of participants reveal a mix between well known songwriters and a few singers heard of before – a new format… Read more
The list of famous people expressing their sorrow in relation to the death of Anders Frandsen, only 51 years old, is getting quite long. Some describe him as being lonely, others as a happy person who loved sun and golfing and was popular among the females, but they are all in shock. It came as… Read more
Denmark’s 1991 Eurovision Song Contest participant has passed away shortly after his 51 year birthday. It has not yet been published how Anders Frandsen died, but as he was quite young speculations have started. Police says there is nothing indicating a crime. The message about his death came from songwriter and friend Michael Elo, who… Read more
In the first battle round of Voice – Danmark’s Største Stemme, Ida Lohmann, Danish 2000 finalist, made it through to the live shows by beating her opponent in a very equal duet. Their judge and coach, Aqua’s Lene Nystrøm, had a hard time deciding between them. In her audition Ida Lohmann got through to the… Read more
The stage design for the upcoming Danish final, the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, has been revealed. The set designer, Claus Zier, explains it to be one gigantic waterfall and a stage that requires a lot from the artist. Claus Zier has been in charge of designing the stage for the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix four… Read more
The entirely EuroVisionary team would like to wish a merry christmas to all of our readers. No matter how you celebrate the holiday we hope that you will have some good days in the company of your loved ones. All around the world people are gathering to celebrate these days with family or friends, but… Read more
EuroVisionary was contacted by Danish OGAE president Johann Sørensen regarding the story about him encouraging DR to boycott the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He says he was misinterpreted in the medias and that he never suggested the mentioned boycott. In our previous article we mentioned a story brougth by BBC about… Read more
The newly elected president of the Danish OGAE fanclub has sent out a press release suggesting that DR and other broadcasters simply boycott the coming 2012 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest due to a human right issue in relation to the building of the new arena. EBU denies that it is related. In Azerbaijan… Read more
It has just been announced by Danish broadcaster, DR, that the participants for the national final, the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, will be presented on a press conference on the 5th of January. Ten teams will be fighting to represent Denmark at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku in May. Denmark scored a 4th… Read more